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Conflict and displacement in northern Mali are continuing to exacerbate the food and nutrition crisis throughout drought-affected areas of the Sahel region, OCHA has warned.
“Across the region, more than 15 million people, including 3.5 million Malians, will be affected by severe food insecurity this year, and...

UN agencies and NGO partners are seriously concerned about the fate of displaced people in northern Mali. The security situation has deteriorated since a coup in the capital, Bamako, on 22 March and a rebellion in the north nearly two weeks ago.
According to the latest report by OCHA’s Regional Office for West and...

Heads of UN agencies, representatives from affected governments and major donors today called for an urgent scale up of humanitarian aid to help millions of people affected by hunger and malnutrition in the Sahel region of West Africa.
In a joint statement issued at an emergency meeting at the World Food Programme (WFP)...